Hydrogen

8th December 2018

Demand for hydrogen will explode over the next three decades as the decarbonisation drives gathers pace, a new report said. Only about 1,000 tonnes of hydrogen production is used for energy each year, mostly for hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles. But hydrogen use for transport and residential and commercial heating will climb to 39-161 million tonnes per year by 2050, according to a paper by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry. Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the UK and the US are most likely to adopt hydrogen at significant scale for heating residential and commercial spaces, the study said. Its authors estimate that more than 80% of hydrogen demand for mobility in 2050 will be for buses, trucks and other heavy vehicles. The report, titled “Hydrogen as an energy carrier”, also highlights the importance of carbon capture and storage in decarbonising energy.

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